Data Center Project Manager - Logistics

As a Microsoft Datacenter Project Manager (DCPM), you will support the field operations leadership team to operationalize all strategic initiatives consistently at campus level, ensure financial planning and performance reviews in accordance with rhythm of the business calendars and manage scheduling conflicts with stakeholders.

Microsoft’s Cloud Operations & Innovation (CO+I) is the engine that powers our cloud services. As a CO+I DCPM, you will perform a key role in delivering the core infrastructure and foundational technologies for Microsoft's online services including Bing, Office 365, Xbox, OneDrive, and the Microsoft Azure platform. As a group, CO+I is focused on the personal and professional development for all employees and offers trainings and growth opportunities including Career Rotation Programs, Diversity & Inclusion trainings and events, and professional certifications.

Our infrastructure is comprised of a large global portfolio of more than 200 datacenters in 32 countries and millions of servers. Our foundation is built upon and managed by a team of subject matter experts working to support services for more than 1 billion customers and 20 million businesses in over 90 countries worldwide.

With environmental sustainability and optimization at the forefront of our datacenter design and operations, we continue to grow and evolve as we meet the ever-changing business demands that hold Microsoft as a world-class cloud provider.

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond. 

In alignment with our Microsoft values, we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment for all employees to positively impact our culture every day.

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Required Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or equivalent AND relevant year(s) industry experience with a focus in change management processes
  • OR significant industry experience and college course work with a focus in supply chain management processes

Background Check Requirements: 

Ability to meet Microsoft, customer and/or government security screening requirements are required for this role. These requirements include, but are not limited to the following specialized security screenings:

• Microsoft Cloud Background Check: This position will be required to pass the Microsoft Cloud background check upon hire/transfer and every two years thereafter.

While not required, we also look for the following Preferred Qualifications:

• Significant Years’ experience in a 24x7x365 production environment or related experience
• Relevant Years’ experience in datacenter processes and tooling or related experience
• Significant Years’ experience in supply chain & change control processes
• ITIL Foundation Certification
• Technical College degree or certification in Supply Chain, Computer Science, Math, Telecommunications, or equivalent work experience

Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

Benefits/perks listed below may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Microsoft and the country where you work.

Responsibilities:

• Manage Logistic projects with consistency, evaluate and increase productivity, efficiency and minimize incidents.
• Local roll-out of projects driven by the regional logistics PM team
• Structure and support onboarding and hiring of logistics technicians in the country.
• Support IAM process reporting and create consistency in process over the country.
• Support EHS Teams and IAM Teams on the EHS requirements and sharing best practices  
• Active support on audits ISO/R2A/GSMA/etc. on the IAM elements.
• Support on change and process roll-outs.
• Active involvement on IAM related projects (operations, pilots, requests from Region IAM PM).
• Support Circular Center improvements where needed.
• Support identifying and unblocking process issues in deployments and decom projects.
• Support onboarding new sites, support Management with logistical asks.